Portable hair treating device



April 5 1943- P. L. H. BURRE LL ETAL 2,317,883

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P. L.IH. BURRELL ETAL 2,317,883 PORTABLE HAIR TREATING DEVICE v Filed June 17, 1942 4 She ets-Sheet 4 I r 4/ 4/ 34 4/ q Z? I v yea (Z Y 9 /0 z/ A? z/ jg Inventor 27 I a Bwezz lizrsen/ M WEM UNITED STATES T orrlcE PORTABLE HAIR TREATING DEVICE Philip L. H. Burrell and Harold L. Larsen,

Duluth, Minn.

Application June 17, 1942, Serial No. 447,410

6 Claims.

- This invention relates to new and useful improvements in machines or apparatus for treating hair in such a manner as to promote easy and permanent waving thereof.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus which in effect scrapes the hair strands in order to flatten the same in which formation the hair strands have a marked tendency to curland take a wave which is substantially permanent.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a machine of the character stated which is easily handled a'nd'which can be quickly manipulated by the hair-dresser.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to the reader of the following description.

In the drawings: I

Figure 1 represents a side elevational view of the apparatus showing the scraper by broken lines in elevated position.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view looking at the opposite side of the device from that shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a top plan view.

Figure 4 is an end elevational view of the devicde looking at the end opposite from the handle en Figure 5 is an end elevational view looking at the handle end of the device.

Figure 6 is a cross sectional view taken substantially on the line 65 of Figure 1.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of one of the clamp plates.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the clamp holder.

Figure 9 is a cross sectional View taken substantially on the line 9-9 of Figure 1.

Figure 10 is a perspective view of one of the corrugated members.

Figure 11 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line HH of Figure 3.

Referring to the drawings wherein like numerals designate like parts, it can be seen that numeral 5 represents a handle constructed of preferably 13 gauge round wire and this is in a U- shape having the upper portion of one leg portion thereof looped as at 5 over the intermediate portion of the rear end portion of a stationary frame I generally referred to by numeral 1, which in. cludes a super-frame structure 8 and a sub-frame structure 9, the super and sub-frame structures having depending tail portions a, b, the said leg portion of the handle 5 extending forwardly to loop over the bight portion of the tail portion b and extend laterallyand upwardly as at Ill (See Figure 4) while the rear leg portion of the handle 5 loops as at H over the sametail portion!) and then extends laterally in the opposite direction from the portion it, as at l2, these portions Ill and I2 forming a fork, looped at their upper ends as at 13 over the horizontal portions of the super-frame 8. Bridging the horizontal portions of the super-frame 8 is a bar 14 having its ends welded or soldered to the side portions of the super-frame 8. A swingable frame l5 has its end portions coiled as at It around the cross bar 14 and then extended downwardly to define a finger treadle H, which when depressed swings the frame l5 upwardly to the dotted line position shown in Figure 1. f v

The super-frame 8 and sub-frame 9 are joined as at l8 and a bridge member l9 bridges these portions 18 of the frames to provide a structure under which a 'detent '20 carried by the swingable frame [5 can engage to hold the swingable' frame down on the super-frame 8. Further, a tension spring 2| extends from a cross member 22 on the swingable frame 15 to the upper portion of the handle 5.

The swingable frame l5 has side portions and each side portion includes a pair of closely spaced ,members 24, 24 which are in slightly laterally 1 oifset relation with respect to the corresponding side member 25 of the underlying super-frame 8, and as is clearly shown in Figure 11, a plate 26 having a pair of parallel grooves therein and a plain flange portion 21 is suitably secured as by welding or soldering to the top of each superframe member 25 so as to afford troughs into which the members 24, 24 can recede and press against hair strands A as shown.

Bridging the side portions of the swingable frame 15 and preferably being formed of the wire thereof are transverse members 21, 21. The members 21, 21 act as guides for a scraper unit generally referred to by numeral 28. This unit 28 comprises a pair of riders 29, 30, the ends of which are perforated to receive the guide members 21, 21. A base structure 3| is provided between the riders 29, 30 and secured in place by bolts 32. A scraper can be secured to each of the riders 29, 35, but is shown secured only to the rider 30 in the drawings.

The scraper comprises a holder 33 which consists of a plate having channeled end portions 34, 34 for the reception of the end portions of clamp plates 35, 35, the clamp plate 36 having openings 31, 31 therein for receiving nipples 38 which extend through openings in a razor blade or the like 39 interposed between the plate 35, 36. The holder 33 has a vertical slot 39 therein for receiving bolts 40 and 4! which pass through openings 42 and 43 of the plate 36. It is preferable that the bolt 4| has a wing nut 45. The holder 33 has openings 46 for receiving certain of the bolts 32.

Obviously when the hair strands A are disposed over the corrugated plates 26 spanning the side portions of the super-frame 8, the frame l5 can be lowered from the dotted line position shown in Figure 1 and secured in place with the spring 21 offering some spring force against the hair strands, so that the hair strands by being pushed downwardly in the troughs of the corrugated plate 26 will be drawn taut, and with the blade 39 properly adjusted against the same, a transverse movement of the scraper unit 28 back and forth on the swingable frame l5 will result in a scraping action on the hair strands which will somewhat flatten the same and promote th permanentewaving of the hair by any conventiona1 process after the hair has been removed from the device. In other words, it has been found that by first treating the hair with the present invention, a permanent wave can be subsequently impressed that will last considerably longer than the so-called permanent waves now given.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it, is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may be resorted to without departing from the ,spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter. 7

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A hair treating device of the character described comprising a structure having a handle. means for holding hair on the structure, and scraper means for scraping hair held on the structure.

2. A hair treating device of the character de scribed comprising a structure having a handle, means for holding hair on the structure, and scraper means for scraping hair held on the structure, and a swingable frame on the structure for holding the scraper.

3. A hair treating device of the character described comprising a structure having a handle, means for holding hair on the structure, and scraper means for scraping hair held on the structure, and a swingable frame on the structure for holding the scraper, said scraper comprising 'a guideway on the swingable frame and a blade and blade holder slidable on the slideway.

4. A hair treating device of the character described comprising a structure having a handle,

means for holding hair on the structure, and scraper means for scraping hair held on the structure, and a swingable frame on the structure for holding the scraper, and spring means for holding the swingable frame down in clamped position against, hair on the structure.

5. A hair treating device of the character described comprising a, structure including a pair of side members, a swingable frame on the structure, a movable scraper on the swingable frame and means for holding the swingable frame against the side members of the said structure.

6. A hair treating device of the character described comprising a structure having a longitudinally corrugated side members, a swingable frame having a plurality of hair engageable side members for depressinghair into the corrugations when the frame is moved against the side portions .of the frame, and a scraper carried by the swing-able frame adapted to scrape hair strands held taut between the corrugated side members of the structure.

PHILIP L. LBURRELL. HAROLD L. LARSEN. 

